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That's nice though she has a 'relative' that likes to come and visit her. Refusing to go back in is Pearls way of showing how much she appreciates the company - heehee!

Possible she can darken the room she's in and possibly get a towel over Pearl? Whenever Greycie gets naughty-bitey with me and won't let me step her up off my shoulder, I head for the enclosed bathroom and turn off the light. Helps change her 'tude without me being forceful about it.

GreycieMae does that too. One of her few phrases/words. She'll do it hanging off the back of the laptop. She'll swing back and all you see is her toenails. Then she'll pop up and go 'peek-a-boo'. Yesterday her and Toby the Caique had us in stitches. They were on the floor. Toby was under the living room table and there was a cross-support between them. They were both peeking over the support at each other doing peek-a-boo back and forth. It was absolutely hilarious, especially because usually they can't stand each other.

I have a soft spot for those naughty little conures. My pick: 'Sprite'.

Oklahoma!!! Why, I ought to wash your beak out.... (haahaa, sorry JeffNOK & Gracie). GreycieMae is a Texan - hatched and raised here. I'm a transplant from New Mexico married to an Australian that was born in Arizona. Now how confusing is that! I was playing with the black stuff on the crape myrtles yesterday after wifely proposed transplanting them. Wanted to see just what the black stuff was. I was surprised how easily it just flaked off leaving clean wood underneath. If Project Perry uses them I guess it's bound to be safe. We'll have a stab at the butterfly bush too then. We rarely see anything below 30 here but this last freak winter it stayed in the high teens/low 20s for a few days. Gahhh...more digging..... I spent half of yesterday digging a trench around the aviary for the anti-dig wire.

So we have a couple of crape myrtles that aren't doing so well as they were planted too close under a couple of other that really took off. Wife wants me to dig them up and transplant them into the aviary. Our only concern is they have this common black 'stuff' on them. All knowing Google has led me to the fact that this stuff is known as 'sooty mold' and is a type of fungus growing on the leftovers from aphids and other insects. I also found the white powdery stuff we occasionally see on the plants is a mildew. We have a Jardines which are particularly susceptible to aspergillosis. Not sure I want to expose the little guy to all this extraneous stuff that can get something going in him. I wish it didn't get below 30 here as I'd love to plant a butterfly bush in there....

Wow, I do recall that story now. Glad to know they will regrow. Surprising it takes so long. I have noticed with my three birds there is something about the fall season that causes them to grow nails and beaks. I never have to trim except in Sept-Nov. All of a sudden I have three birds with overgrown toenails and two overgrown beaks. It happens so suddenly too. My wife starts complaining that Greycie's nails are hurting and then I notice her beak is needle sharp.

GreycieMae gets the same treatment around here. She also gets the nose in the fluffly wing pits, but I'll do a snuffle while I'm in there and she now does the snuffle anticipating me to do it. It's cute.

How old is Kilaya now? I'm not much for re-homing for but in this case, if he's young enough it would be like he's moving on to his adult flock. Not much trauma if at all provided you can find a really good family for him (i.e. make sure he likes whomever you will place him with). Then I would stick with the wife's advice - no more parrots. From what I've read of your first bird, you had a 1-in-million bird and there aren't many that will live up to that standard. I went on an 8 month quest to replace a Jardines we lost because we were sick to death the way we lost her. Her 'replacement' of course is nothing like her although he shares traits that are particular to all Jardines. However he's turned into the orneriest bitey little turd if he doesn't get his way. Didn't expect that but we love him, he has other good qualities which we never saw in our other Jardines.

Smart birdy Escher. I guess I missed the story on his nails getting pulled out? Did they regrow?

It would be hard not to go after that fluffy.

I was kind of shocked how different they can be. GreycieMae is nothing like Odie, my first Grey. They share a grey color and red tail, other than that their personalities are like night and day.

I seriously don't know how everyone deals with more than two birds. We added a third and that is over our limit (looking back on it). Our first hogs so much of our time there's no way another bird could pick me and I get to spend time with it. That's probably what Bongo is dealing with. Good luck with him. He's a Grey right?

Wow, Miss Marco's a a pin up girl!!!

Timnehs are smaller, less prominent maroon colored tail, bone colored beak. Pet qualities are up for debate. Some say the Timnehs are less neurotic/nervous (neurotic is probably wrong word - calmer), start talking a little earlier. That's all I can think of.

Wait...I thought you were moving into the big aviary out yonder? I was hoping to ask if we could move in. That outdoor flight aviary puts our little costco aviary to shame. Speaking of kitchen supervisors, we have three of those. If there's any rustling going on in the kitchen, you can bet there will be three airborne inbounds to monitor the situation. I've been known to crawl into a cabinet to eat a snack in peace.

I wouldn't be afraid to post photos of the lil plucker. I love seeing Greys plucked or not.

Believe me, if my wife hears that offer, she WILL take you up on it. I used to live in Oceanside for a while, love it there.

Wow - 9, that's crazy. I barely get enough time to spend with my Caique because GreycieMae loves to hog my time. I have a second Costco carport frame sitting in my garage. Wife wants me to put it together and join them. The first one required A LOT of trying to figure out how to do this and that. Now that I've done one, the second ought to take about 1/3 the time. Your problem is now going to be the wire gauge you will have to deal with. I could have gotten away with 16 gauge wire, although we used 14 gauge. 14 gauge is nearly impossible for one person to handle. Now that you'll have a macaw, you may have to use 12 or even 10 gauge. I can't imagine that.

Not sure how you do it. How many birds will that make? Biggest bird I can handle is a Grey. Sounds like you'll need 2-3 of those aviarys. According to GreycieMae it's too crowded with her two roommates.

Happy birthday Kizzy! We have a haunted birthday coming up soon too.

My first Grey is a lifetime plucker. I told GreycieMae earlier today, when I saw a post about a female that plucks unless she gets to nest, if you start plucking be aware that you will get a whole new wardrobe of cute little birdy suits to wear. All I need is an excuse to start dressing her up.

And on this farm she had some Llamas... which require careful inspection... a keen eye to spot any troubles. and a couple of goats way back yonder...who seem to be more interested in the Sterling-Ranch kitty than the upcoming food treat A farmer must get up early to feed the chickens... Checking on the brooder...making sure we havn't lost any babies. It's tough work... Or maybe it's just a lot of screwing around...not sure...

Ours did the same. She would only roost on the lip of the food/water bowl when we had every other imaginable perch in her sleep cage. I finally removed the bowl to force her to choose another one. She chose the swinging perch of all things.... They are weird ones.

The way I got GreycieMae comfortable with me opening her wings (one at a time) is by cupping her in my hands, her head pointed towards my chest and pointing her red tail up and then giving her kisses on her back. That progressed to me putting my hands under her wings and finally I can lift her wing with my hand and put my face under her wing. It's sort of a game to her as I 'snort' and 'snuffle' while I'm doing it and she snorts and snuffles back to me. As long as she perceives it as me playing with her she'll let me do it. She'll even ask for a tickle tickle while I'm doing it sometimes.